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An Arizona prison teacher who was brutally raped by an inmate is at the center of a legal controversy in which the state is accused of trying to dismiss her negligence lawsuit on the grounds of "it's a prison, this will happen," her attorney contends.

With news that several prominent New York museums have banned the use of selfie sticks -- those loved/hated devices that allow you to take photos of yourself without your arm being in the photo -- hitting headlines last week, one could be forgiven for asking "do people actually take selfies in museums?"

Federal courts have cleared the way for same-sex marriages to begin in Alabama on Monday, but in a last-ditch effort to stop the weddings, the famously conservative chief justice of the state Supreme Court has instructed probate judges not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.